Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Dragon's Crown - New Gameplay Details

New gameplay details from IGN. Dragon’s Crown for the PS3 and PS Vita releases on July 25th in Japan and August 6th in North America.

- The left analog stick is
used for character movement. The right analog stick is used to control
an independent cursor to identify points of interest in the environment.

- Character stats include
health points, magic points, strength, constitution, dexterity,
intelligence, magical resistance, and luck. As you become more powerful
and find better equipment, these numbers will increase.

- Every character has a
hooded companion following them with a sack full of treasure and loot.
This is how characters are able to hold all the loot they obtain.

- The character-select screen is a round-table at a tavern featuring the game’s six characters. - After selecting your character, you’ll hear a voiced introduction, and then move out into a town “ripped out of the likes of Zelda II and Faxanadu.”- You can speak with the townsfolk, or bother them—punch a basket of apples out of a merchant’s hands or jugs of water out of a person’s grasp, for example.- The town also offers shops, guilds, etc. to visit.- The world map will allow you to select which stage to visit or revisit.- New players will be greeted with an “extremely thorough tutorial” for your character’s move and skill sets.- Dragon’s Crown is “tough,” especially if you’re trying to best your high score or finish a stage faster for new loot. “Without using a hodgepodge of techniques and weapons, the AI will make quick work of you.”- Enemies scale with you, meaning as you get stronger, they do, too. They’ll increase in number, as well.- Each level ends with a powerful boss.